Brandi Kruse Says Voters Don't Want Washington's Millionaires' Tax. The Polling Tells a Different Story.

Conservative political commentator Brandi Kruse is a liar, and once again sounding the alarm about Washington's millionaires' tax, claiming voters reject the policy once they learn the truth.

But what happens when voters actually learn what repealing the tax would mean?

According to a September survey by DHM Research, 57% of respondents supported keeping Washington's tax on income exceeding $1 million when shown the official ballot language explaining the consequences for education, healthcare, and other public services. Just 35% supported repealing it.

That raises an important question: Whose version of the truth are voters being told?

Washington's millionaires' tax, signed into law in March, applies a 9.9% tax to annual taxable income exceeding $1 million. The first $1 million is excluded, and the state estimates fewer than half of one percent of Washingtonians will owe the tax.

Yet Kruse has repeatedly warned her audience that the tax could eventually reach ordinary households. She lied, and is lying.

In an October 5 episode of her unDivided podcast, Kruse argued that Democrats would lower the income threshold after voters accepted the initial tax.

That is a prediction about future political decisions, not what the current law requires.

And there is a significant difference between warning voters about a possible future policy change and presenting that possibility as inevitable.

Her audience, (even if ignorant as hell), also deserves the full picture, including polling that challenges her argument and the actual provisions of the legislation.

As Washington voters prepare to decide the future of the millionaires' tax in November, the stakes extend well beyond political commentary.

The question isn't simply whether voters trust Olympia.

It's whether influential commentators are giving those voters enough information to make an informed decision.

Cup of Culture will continue examining the claims, political messaging, and money surrounding Washington's tax repeal campaign.